Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 35 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.Zoya ___ a cake last week. (a) bakes (b) baked (c) has baked (d) will bake
2. 2.I ___ milk two days ago. (a) drink (b) drinked (c) will drink (d) drank
3. 3.___ my cousins cook rice in 2023? (a) Was (b) Does (c) Did (d) Do
4. 4.We did not ___ vegetables last Sunday. (a) buying (b) buy (c) bought (d) buys
5. 5.What is the past tense of “buy”? (a) bought (b) buyed (c) buying
6. 6.What is the past tense of “feed”? (a) feeding (b) feeded (c) fed
7. 7.They did not ___ in the park in 2023. (a) ran (b) run (c) running (d) runs
8. 8.I did not ___ cricket last Sunday. (a) play (b) played (c) playing (d) plays
9. 9.___ Neel draw a picture last Sunday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
10. 10.The students ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) plant (b) planted (c) will plant (d) have planted
11. 11.What is the past tense of “go”? (a) went (b) gone (c) goed (d) going
12. 12.My brother did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drew (c) draws (d) drawing
13. 13.I did not ___ Hindi last Sunday. (a) speaking (b) speaks (c) speak (d) spoke
14. 14.Farhan ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eats (b) will eat (c) ate (d) eated
15. 15.Sneha did not ___ to school last week. (a) going (b) went (c) goes (d) go
16. 16.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swimming (c) swam (d) swum
17. 17.Priya ___ in the park last week. (a) has jogged (b) will jog (c) jogged (d) jogs
18. 18.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drawn (b) drawed (c) drew (d) drawing
19. 19.What is the past tense of “make”? (a) maked (b) made (c) making
20. 20.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sent (b) sending (c) sended
21. 21.___ she tell a story in 2023? (a) Did (b) Was (c) Does (d) Do
22. 22.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drank (b) drinking (c) drinked (d) drunk
23. 23.What is the past tense of “throw”? (a) thrown (b) threw (c) throwed (d) throwing
24. 24.She did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) rides (b) riding (c) rode (d) ride
25. 25.I did not ___ a bicycle last week. (a) ride (b) riding (c) rode (d) rides
26. 26.I ___ vegetables two days ago. (a) bought (b) will buy (c) buy (d) buyed
27. 27.___ the children eat a mango last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Does (d) Did
28. 28.The children did not ___ the ball two days ago. (a) catches (b) catch (c) catching (d) caught
29. 29.You ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) swimmed (c) will swim (d) swim
30. 30.He did not ___ to school last week. (a) going (b) goes (c) go (d) went
31. 31.We ___ a bicycle yesterday. (a) will ride (b) ride (c) rided (d) rode
32. 32.I did not ___ to school last Sunday. (a) went (b) going (c) go (d) goes
33. 33.___ you send a message in 2023? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Was (d) Does
34. 34.She ___ a bicycle last Sunday. (a) rided (b) will ride (c) rides (d) rode
35. 35.My cousins ___ a mango in 2023. (a) eat (b) eated (c) will eat (d) ate
36. 36.___ the students build a sandcastle in 2023? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Was (d) Did
37. 37.The students did not ___ the ball yesterday. (a) catching (b) catch (c) caught (d) catches
38. 38.I ___ in the pool two days ago. (a) swam (b) will swim (c) swimmed (d) swim
39. 39.Yash did not ___ tea in 2023. (a) making (b) made (c) make (d) makes
40. 40.Sneha did not ___ a letter last Sunday. (a) writes (b) wrote (c) write (d) writing

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